The Problem With Mario Sports Games

You can usually depend on a Mario game for a good time -- as long as you don't look too closely at what you're actually doing. We can forgive the goomba curb-stomping in the main games, if only because it's usually for a righteous cause. But when Mario invites his pals over for "fun," it usually involves impossibly dangerous scenarios and horrific violence inflicted upon all participants. Why does anyone even agree to all this? Well...